CHAPTER XI. 
THE TAMWORTH BREED. 
Description.—The Tamworth ranks with the Large York- 
shire in size. It has a rather long, 
has little or no dish to the face. The car is large, firmly 
straight snout, and usually 
attached, generally inclined slightly forward, and fringed with 
fine hair. The ear should be quite thin, and it is rather more 
pointed than that of the Large Yorkshire. The Tamworth 
has a very light jowl, and a light neck and shoulder. (Fig. 27.) 
The back and loin are of medium width, and the side of good 
length, but only moderate depth as compared with a fat hog. 
Quite commonly the ham is deficient (Fig. 28), and breeders 
are making an effort to strengthen this point. The bone is 
fairly heavy, and the leg looks long compared with that of a 
fat hog. 
According to the standard of the National Pig Breeders’ 
Association of Great Britain, the Tamworth should have 
“ golden-red hair on a flesh-colored skin, free from black,” 
but the shade of red varies considerably in individuals and a 
chestnut shade is quite common. The color generally grows 
darker with age, and the color of some aged animals is such 
a dark shade of chestnut that the casnal observer might easily 
mistake it for a dull black. (Fig. 27.) 
Origin and History.—The Tamworth is of English origin, 
and takes its name from Tamworth in Staffordshire. The 
breed is of ancient and uncertain origin, no well-anthenticated 
account of where it came from being available. Originally 
it was an extremely leggy, narrow type of hog, and it is not 
clear whether improvement was effected entirely by selection 
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